Month: October 2022

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Ehlinger gave the Indianapolis Colts what they needed Sunday — mobility and hope. It just wasn’t good enough for a victory. The second-year quarterback went 17 of 23 for 201 yards in his first NFL start, but he came up a half-yard short on a

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Keldon Johnson scored 25 points, Doug McDermott added 23 and the San Antonio Spurs beat Minnesota 107-98 on Sunday night, their second victory over the Timberwolves during a tumultuous week. The Spurs were without starters Jeremy Sochan and Devin Vassell and key reserve Josh Richardson. As

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Tyler Lockett caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Geno Smith with 9:18 left, and the Seattle Seahawks won their third straight, 27-13 over the New York Giants. The only matchup of teams with winning records in the NFL this week was a slugfest until the fourth

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Taylor Heinicke’s 1-yard touchdown plunge with 22 seconds left capped an 89-yard drive in the final 2 1/2 minutes and lifted the Washington Commanders to a 17-16 victory at Indianapolis. Local prep star Terry McLaurin set up the decisive score by wrestling the ball away from

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had 38 points and a season-high 12 assists, Kevin Love scored 16 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the New York Knicks 121-108 on Sunday night. Mitchell and Love combined for 28 points in the final

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored 28 points, Cade Cunningham was an assist short of a triple-double and the Detroit Pistons beat the defending champion Golden State Warriors 128-114 on Sunday night to end a five-game losing streak. Cunningham had 23 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help the

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 24 points and the Boston Celtics took advantage of cold shooting by Bradley Beal, routing the Washington Wizards 112-94. Jayson Tatum had 23 points, including five 3-pointers, and Malcolm Brogdon added 21 points off the bench to help Boston avoid its third straight

PARIS (AP) — Rennes has moved up to third in the French league with a 3-0 win over Montpellier. Rennes took advantage of Lorient’s 2-1 defeat at home to Nice. Martin Terrier and Arnaud Kalimuendo scored in the first half for Rennes with Amine Gouiri adding a third in the 85th minute. Rennes and fourth-place

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons and Bojan Bogdanovic have agreed on a $39.1 million, two-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday night because the agreement had not been announced. Detroit acquired Bogdanovic from

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As soon as Minnesota’s Harrison Smith began his interception return, Patrick Peterson turned to the Arizona sideline with his arms in the air and his legs dancing to celebrate. Sunday was personal for the former Arizona cornerback. Peterson celebrated several big plays, often jawing with the Cardinals

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — D.J. Moore and Eddy Piñeiro blamed themselves for making mistakes that cost Carolina two late chances to beat the Atlanta Falcons as the Panthers lost 37-34 in overtime. Moore’s decision to take off his helmet immediately after catching a spectacular 62-yard touchdown with 12 seconds left

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals hired Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as manager Sunday night, turning over the young core of a rebuilding franchise to a forward-thinking manager with experience winning in a small market. Quatraro replaces Mike Matheny, who was fired as

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Christian McCaffrey became the 11th player in NFL history with a rushing touchdown, a passing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in one game, and the San Francisco 49ers extended their regular-season mastery over the Rams to four full years with a 31-14 victory over Los

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fresh from singing another rollicking chorus of “Fly, Eagles fly,” fans streamed out of Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday and quickly turned their attention from the NFL’s only unbeaten club to another Philly team, another sport and another building just a few hundred yards away. “Let’s

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Derrick Henry was feeling it Sunday, running all over the Houston Texans like he has so many times before. At one point he turned to his rookie quarterback with a simple but pointed message. “He was like: ‘They can’t stop me. They can’t stop me,’” said